Middlebury College Hiring for Dean of First Year Experience at Middlebury, Vermont Full Time

The Dean of First Year has two major areas of responsibility: the design and delivery of a comprehensive program of transitional curricula and experiences beginning with new student orientation and extending throughout students’ first year at the College, and advising new students on a variety of academic matters including Satisfactory Academic Progress, deans’ excuses where necessary and appropriate, changes of status and leaves of absence related to academic standing, and a serves as a general advisor and trusted adult as needed. Addressing the needs of first generation and first years from traditionally marginalized backgrounds is explicitly part of this charge.

Core Responsibilities

• Oversees the design and delivery of a comprehensive first year experience curriculum and communication plan.

• Collaborates closely with partner offices in the support of First Gen, International and first years from traditionally marginalized identities.

• Collaborates regularly and closely with colleagues whose portfolios intersect with first year students’ needs, including but not limited to, the first-year seminar program, CTLR, Res Life, Compass, the Center for Health and Wellness and Care Management to ensure a seamless and supportive first-year student experience

• Provides regular support and mentoring to first years’ Compass Mentors and serves as a student handbook policy matter expert to faculty teaching first year students

• Oversees the Office of First Experience including supervision of the Director of First Year Experience for Orientation, theFirst Year Experience budget and first year student data metrics and evaluation

• In collaboration with other student life offices, appropriately refers students to resources and other campus services

• Supports students with academic challenges, including monitoring of Satisfactory Academic Progress, collaboration with faculty, incompletes, and dean’s excuses and leaves of absence.

• Serves on the College’s on call after hour emergency response team.

This is a full time, benefit eligible position and the hiring range is $60,960 to $76,205.

Requirements

Position Prerequisites:

• Master’s Degree in Student Affairs, Higher Ed. Admin., Counseling, or other closely related field required.

• At least 5 years of experience in higher education administration, or in a college student affairs environment required. Current knowledge of college student development theory and practice.

• Current knowledge of and commitment to the work of creating a campus climate of diversity, equity and inclusion for all. Crisis intervention skills

• Curriculum design and assessment skills

• Significant Supervisory experience

• Must live within, or be willing to move within, 45 minutes of campus to facilitate on call response

Other:

Offer is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check.

Benefits

As an employee of Middlebury College, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community.

• Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, Middlebury offers a generous time-away program – up to 34 days per year during the first two years of service, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Middlebury employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs as well as free or reduced rates for cultural events and use of sporting facilities (including the College’s golf course and Nordic and alpine ski area). The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting.

• Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:

• MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the College store, library privileges, and discounts at cultural and sporting events. In addition, the card allows door access to certain campus buildings. Spouses or domestic partners of benefits-eligible employees are eligible to receive a Spouse/Partner card with the same privileges as the employee card (except door access).

• Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Ski Touring Center.

• Access to our Partner Inclusion Program that provides comprehensive support services to the spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.

• A full listing of our benefit offerings can be found on our website by following this web link: https://www.middlebury.edu/office/human-resources/… (https://www.middlebury.edu/office/human-resources/self-service-resources/2022-benefits-information)

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